Young authors visit local primary school to read winning stories
Young authors visit local primary school to read winning stories
Earlier this year, South Lincolnshire Academies Trust launched a ‘Read Your Way’ competition for students to write and illustrate a short story or poem aimed at primary school children aged 4 to 6 years.
The winners then had the chance to visit local primary schools and read their work to younger students. This is the fantastic opportunity that eight students from Bourne Academy had when they visited Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy to read their stories.
left to right: Summer Sargent, Alexa Thompson, Nanko Georgiev, Ashley Boswell and Mrs Arden (School Librarian), Alivia Britchford, Lexi Pick, Amelia Barwell and Abigail Glover
There was much excitement in the reception class when the Bourne Academy students visited Bourne Abbey. The younger children were incredibly receptive and enjoyed the creative tales that the students in Years 7 to 9 had crafted, which includes original stories and re-imagined versions childhood favourites. They also loved how the students brought their stories and characters to life as they were beautifully illustrated with their designs.
The Bourne Academy students then got involved in the class by helping the younger children with their own reading as they had the chance to show off their literacy skills by reading their favourite books from the classroom.
The winning students who visited Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy were Summer Sargent, Alexa Thompson, Nanko Georgiev, Ashley Boswell, Alivia Britchford, Lexi Pick, Amelia Barwell and Abigail Glover.
It was a particularly special occasion for Summer, Alexa, Alivia, Lexi and Abigail as they were former students at Bourne Abbey so were able to see their teachers again who were proud to see them doing so well at their new school.
Mrs Daisy Bland, Trust Executive Education Director and Lead of the Trust Communications Agenda said “Literacy and reading is embedded into the curriculum for all subjects at South Lincolnshire Academies Trust and is a whole school priority. We fully promote the importance of reading in all year groups by leading on a variety of initiatives that go above and beyond the national curriculum requirements, and are unique to South Lincolnshire Academies Trust. Our wide range of strategies have improved the reading ages in all year groups with significant progress from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3, where we know sustained improvement directly impacts outcomes and attainment at the end of Key Stage 4. The success for the Trust has been recognised by the Department for Education where South Lincolnshire Academies Trust are the number 1 ranked Multi Academy Trust in the East Midlands area and in the top 6% of MATs in England.”